Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 434.050 (2026)
Repealed, effective January 1, 1975
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Catchline at repeal: Obtaining money, property or signature by false pretenses. History: Repealed 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 336, effective January 1, 1975. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1208.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases, 1949–1983 · leading case: Greenwell v. Commonwealth, 317 S.W.2d 859 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958).
Greenwell v. Commonwealth, 317 S.W.2d 859 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). “Appellant, Thomas Vincent Greenwell, was jointly indicted with Joseph Eggler for the crime of obtaining by false token the signature of another to a writing, the false making whereof would be a forgery, an offense denounced by KRS 434.050. On his separate trial Greenwell was…”
Davidson v. Commonwealth, 436 S.W.2d 495 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “Archel Davidson, Bryce Sanders, and James Harold Myhand were charged in two indictments with violations of the false pretenses statute, KRS 434.050. Each was convicted and received a sentence of one year on each charge.”
White v. Commonwealth, 394 S.W.2d 770 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “Upon a joint trial, Robert White and William Chapman were convicted on two counts of obtaining money under false pretenses, KRS 434.050, and a sentence of two years was imposed on each count.”
Lee v. Commonwealth, 242 S.W.2d 984 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). “KRS 434.050. Upon separate trial he was found guilty of aiding and abetting Hettie Chapman to commit the offense,' receiving a sentence of four years in the penitentiary.”
Brown v. Commonwealth, 656 S.W.2d 727 (Ky. 1983). “The former statute covering the offense herein was KRS 434.050. This statute was also silent on the question of the necessity of victim’s reliance on the false impression, but this court, in Rowland v.”
Braswell v. Commonwealth, 339 S.W.2d 637 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “KRS 434.050. He was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for four years.”
King v. Commonwealth, 408 S.W.2d 622 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966). “Upon his plea of guilty to a charge of obtaining money by false pretense (KRS 434.050) James King was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 18 months.”
Rowland v. Commonwealth, 355 S.W.2d 292 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962). “Appellant, Mitchell Rowland, was convicted of obtaining property by false pretenses — a crime denounced by KRS 434.050 —and was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.”
Taylor v. Commonwealth, 384 S.W.2d 333 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). “Appellant was indicted for, and convicted of, obtaining property under false pretenses, an offense under KRS 434.050. He was given a two-year sentence.”
Palmer v. Commonwealth, 479 S.W.2d 613 (Ky. Ct. App. 1972). “Appellant was convicted in the Lee Circuit Court of obtaining property by false pretenses in violation of KRS 434.050 and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.”
Daily v. Commonwealth, 248 S.W.2d 425 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). “The check was presented to the bank on which it was drawn and payment was refused because appellant had insufficient funds in the bank to cover payment.”
Jones v. Commonwealth, 463 S.W.2d 936 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “Coleman Jones was found guilty of obtaining property by false pretenses, a crime denounced by KRS 434.050, and he was sentenced to serve one year in the state reformatory.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 434.050(1) — 1 case
Talbert v. Commonwealth, 486 S.W.2d 702 (Ky. Ct. App. 1972).
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